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From: Jukka K. Korpela
Date: Jun 12, 2006 3:50AM

On Mon, 12 Jun 2006, Tim Beadle wrote:

> Seriously - if there are issues, can we not point them out in a
> slightly more constructive way?

The time for accessibility and other evaluation and constructive proposals
based on it is when a site is being designed (or redesigned). Right after
a major revamping is probably the worst time as regards to site owners'
willingness to make substantial changes. After all, they have surely done
their best - in their view of "best" (under practical limitations as seen
by them). It would be odd if they nodded and said, "oh well, it really
needs to be redesigned now, or maybe we should revert to the old design",
no matter how correct such a move might be.

So the time _would have been_ when the site was being redesigned and some
early drafts and prototypes were ready.

What I wrote is best regarded as a warning to people who design or
redesign their own sites: don't repeat all the usual mistakes.

--
Jukka "Yucca" Korpela, http://www.cs.tut.fi/~jkorpela/